For the most part, your autonomic nervous system is made up of neurons and a few other cell types. Neurons are the physical connections that stretch from your brain and spinal cord to almost all ...

A viral theory about chronic stress is hitting a nerve—literally—and it might explain why you're always on edge.

Your peripheral nervous system is made up of all the rest of the nerves in your body. They carry input from your central nervous system to the rest of your body and vice versa.

What: This is a way of using the breath to regulate the nervous system and to balance the levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood. Why: If our breathing is not optimized, the brain will ...

The central nervous system is made up of the brain and spinal cord. It gathers information from all over the body and coordinates activity. We explore the types of cells involved, the regions of ...

Discover four research-backed breathing techniques that activate your parasympathetic nervous system for immediate stress relief and emotional regulation.

The research team began by analyzing gene expression — which bits of DNA are converted into RNA used to make cell proteins — in more than 65,000 individual cells across four placozoan species.

Many people don’t realize physical fitness and mental well-being are connected. Dana Santas has five strategies to make your workout routine more mind-body focused.

Date: January 15, 2025 ... This indicates that the nervous system sets up a spatial, or topographical, map of each sucker. Octopuses can move and change the shape of their suckers independently.